Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in wip/xalan-c

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47488; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in
 wip/xalan-c
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:00:00 +0000

 On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 02:55:03PM +0000, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
  > From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>
  > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
  > Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
  > Subject: Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in
  >  wip/xalan-c
  > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:50:49 -0600
  > 
  >  See
  >  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2011/02/23/msg052329.html
  >  , is textproc/xqilla not a sufficient successor?
 
 xqilla was a successor for libpathan, not xalan-c.
 
 I don't think any explanation or discussion of the removal of xalan-c
 ever appeared, other than it was (perhaps>) failing in (some?) bulk
 builds.
 
 That said, it was nearly two years ago...
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost